{"id":135364,"date":"2021-08-20T05:25:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T04:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=135364"},"modified":"2021-08-20T05:25:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T04:25:55","slug":"audio-technica-m50xbt2-updated-with-multi-source-connectivity-and-additional-codecs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/audio-technica-m50xbt2-updated-with-multi-source-connectivity-and-additional-codecs\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio-Technica M50xBT2: Updated with multi-source connectivity and additional codecs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The updated Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT2 wireless headphones are equipped with the same 45mm speakers found in the M50xBT , but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audio-technica.com\/en-gb\/ath-m50xbt2\">Audio-Technica<\/a> has\u00a0added a\u00a0built-in voice assistant, multipoint Bluetooth and additional codecs.<\/p>\n<p>The headphones now support AAC, LDAC and SBC.\u00a0The company has promised a stable connection without interruptions.\u00a0For gamers and streamers, we made a special mode with minimal latency.\u00a0In the description, the company focuses on the fact that the headphones use the AK4331 DAC and a separate amplifier.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/fe28269-f944-423d-b51f-32874ca91f53.jpg\" width=\"1092\" height=\"1600\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"$SO_CL_1\" class=\"lfb__item lfb__item_large\"><\/div>\n<p>Also, the M50xBT2 has a built-in voice assistant Alexa, which will be able to perform any voice command within its capabilities.\u00a0And from now on, headphones can be simultaneously connected wirelessly to a smartphone for calls and to another device (for example, to a player).<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eed0852-f103-4c12-a7fa-9266ec54a6c6.jpg\" width=\"1001\" height=\"1600\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"$SO_CL_2\" class=\"lfb__item lfb__item_large\"><\/div>\n<p>They suggested charging the headphones via USB-C.\u00a0If you believe the company, then in 10 minutes you can charge for 3 hours of work.\u00a0In total, Audio-Technica promised up to 50 hours of battery life (if you don&#8217;t listen to music continuously at maximum volume).\u00a0If necessary, you can use the supplied cable.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/0bad700-0cf4-41f3-8273-ed2767ddb9d9.jpg\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1034\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the US, the ATH-M50xBT2 wireless headphones are already on sale for $ 200.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The updated Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT2 wireless headphones are equipped with the same 45mm speakers found in the M50xBT , but\u00a0Audio-Technica has\u00a0added a\u00a0built-in voice assistant, multipoint Bluetooth and additional codecs. The headphones now support AAC, LDAC and SBC.\u00a0The company has promised a stable connection without interruptions.\u00a0For gamers and streamers, we made a special mode with minimal latency.\u00a0In [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/audio-technica-m50xbt2-updated-with-multi-source-connectivity-and-additional-codecs\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":135365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[640],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-135364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headphones","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}